INTERNET MEASUREMENTS: A HANDS-ON INTRODUCTION

1.Introduction
2.Topology and routes
3.Connectivity, losses, latency, and geolocation
4.Bandwidth
5.Traffic measurements
Timur Friedman &
Renata Teixeira

Week 1: Introduction
1. Course presentation
2. Background: Internet infrastructure
3. Types of measurements
4. Measurement platforms
5. Sound measurement practices
6. Ethical issues
7. Conclusion
Timur Friedman &
Renata Teixeira

INTERNET MEASUREMENTS: A HANDS-ON INTRODUCTION

Motivation: Internet measurements

Network operators

Network performance, fault diagnosis, security

End users

Verify network performance, diagnosis

Applications and services

Tune application to network conditions

Regulators, policy makers

Compliance to laws, decisions on investments

Scientists

Internet structure, evaluation of new systems

Who should take this course

Computer science and engineering students

Senior undergraduates, and graduate students

Network engineers and operators

Developers of Internet applications and system engineers
Curious Internet users

Prerequisites
Basic TCP/IP networking knowledge

E.g., J. Kurose, K. Ross, Computer Networking: A Top-Down

Approach

Recommended

Running commands at the command line